SUM-FREQUENCY GENERATION OF CONTINUOUS-WAVE SODIUM D-2 RESONANCE RADIATION

Authors
MOOSMULLER H VANCE JD
Citation
H. Moosmuller et Jd. Vance, SUM-FREQUENCY GENERATION OF CONTINUOUS-WAVE SODIUM D-2 RESONANCE RADIATION, Optics letters, 22(15), 1997, pp. 1135-1137
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
22
Issue
15
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1135 - 1137
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1997)22:15<1135:SGOCSD>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Sum-frequency generation utilizing two cw single-mode Nd:YAG lasers an d a congruent lithium niobate crystal yielded 3.4 mW of very narrow-ba nd (10 kHz over 1 ms) tunable 589-nm cw radiation. This simple solid-s tate light source is well suited for high-resolution spectroscopy of t he sodium D-2 line, as was demonstrated with both conventional and FM- modulated saturation spectroscopy. (C) 1997 Optical Society of America .